Major League Soccer - Top Player Salaries in 2015

The North American football is growing. There are more prominent names joining the Major League Soccer (MLS) every year and the people in charge are promising even more marquee signups next season. On this page we list the league's highest paid players in 2015.

It comes as no surprise to see the Brazilian legend Kaka at the top of the list of highest paid MLS stars. Some other notable names on the list are: David Villa, Andrea Pirlo, Didier Drogba, Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard.

Here are top 10 highest paid MLS players and a few others making over a million per season (please note that these are basic salaries only and the numbers do not include bonuses and image rights):

Player - Club - Base Salary - Guaranteed Compensation

1. Kaka - Orlando - $6,660,000 - $7,167,500
2. Sebastian Giovinco - Toronto - $5,600,000 - $7,115,556
3. Michael Bradley - Toronto - $6,000,000 - $6,500,000
4. Steven Gerrard - LA Galaxy - $6,200,004 - $6,332,504
5. Frank Lampard - NYCFC - $6,000,000 - $6,000,000
6. Giovani Dos Santos - LA Galaxy - $4,000,008 - $5,750,008
7. David Villa - NYCFC - $5,610,000 - $5,610,000
8. Jozy Altidore - Toronto - $4,750,000 - $4,750,000
9. Clint Dempsey - Seattle - $3,913,008 - $4,605,942
10. Robbie Keane - LA Galaxy - $4,500,000 - $4,500,000

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11. Jermaine Jones - New England - $2,800,000 - $3,052,500
12. Obafemi Martins - Seattle - $2,400,000 - $3,000,000
13. Andrea Pirlo - NYCFC - $2,000,004 - $2,315,694
14. Didier Drogba - Montreal - $1,666,668 - $2,166,668
15. Omar Gonzalez - LA Galaxy - $1,200,000 $ 1,450,000
16. Pedro Morales - Vancouver - $1,190,000 - $1,410,900
17. Innocent Emeghara- San Jose - $988,000 - $1,300,000
18. Nelson Valdez - Seattle - $960,000 - $1,215,000
19. Federico Higuain - Columbus Crew - $1,175,000 $ 1,175,000
20. Kevin Doyle - Colorado - $1,125,000 - $1,170,000
21. Liam Ridgewell - Portland - $1,000,000 - $1,150,000
22. Gilberto Junior - Chicago - $1,144,992 - $1,144,992
23. Manuel Martinez Juan - Salt Lake - $710,000 - $ 1,108,667

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Source: MLSplayers.org